I had the same thing occur for a beautiful 1971 cherry red westfamila for sale in Lloyminster - when I wanted to see it - it supposedly it was being held by Easy Yard Sale. Checked the website and it appeared to be legitimate but I wasn't satisfied because I couldn't no opportunity to see or touch the vehicle. Pretty sophisticated scam in my estimation. But of course the carrot being presented was pretty sweet. Sent from Phone
> On Jun 11, 2014, at 6:58 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> wrote: > > Rob et al. > > Yes, my senses all scream scam as well. > > The professional side of me is intrigued at the sophistication and amount of preparation (weeks, even months) that go into some of these operations. > > In this case, if you Google eConsignmentShop.com you will find serveral folks posting questions to "on-line forums" asking if they are a legitimate business. There is always a subsequent antidotal posting about how someone used their services and all was well. I have taken the time to pursue some of these forums and they are often excepts from a real forum, but hosted elsewhere with some alteration to the sequence of posts. > > I thought I would inquire here to see if anyone else has bumped into eConsignmentShop.com. > > Roy > >> On 11-Jun-2014, at 21:31, Rob wrote: >> >> There are so many used car scams out there, they have to work often enough as they keep trying. If you (or someone you know) cannot actually see-touch-drive the used car in question I'd have to call it a scam. >> >> >> Rob >> vwrobb@gmail.com >> >> >> At 6/11/2014 06:00 PM, Roy Nicholl wrote: >>> Vanagonauts: >>> >>> I am looking at 1985 Franken Westy for sale via Kijiji and the vendor wants to transact through an escrow agent (eConsignmentShop.com). >>> >>> Apparently, eConsignementShop.com already has possession of the vehicle (on consignment) and it is being stored in one of their {franchise} warehouses in a rather remote BC community. The transaction procedure is described as follows: >> |
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